Question

3. Which literary device is used in the description of the sea: /2
‘The sea breeze is damp and salty. It catches the white cotton of my shirt and billows it out like a spinnaker sail’.

Answer 1

spinnaker is a sail designed specifically for sailing off the wind from a reaching course to a downwind, i.e. with the wind 90–180° off bow. The spinnaker fills with wind and balloons out in front of the boat when it is deployed, called flying. It is constructed of lightweight fabric, usually nylon, and is often brightly coloured. It may be optimised for a particular range of wind angles, as either a reaching or a running spinnaker, by the shaping of the panels and seams.